QUETTA (Online) – A journalist was abducted by 10 masked armed persons in the capital city of Balochistan on Tuesday.

Afzal Mughal, a resident of Shahbaz Town, was working as sub-editor in a local news agency. His wife lodged a complaint with the local police that 10 armed masked persons broke into her house at midnight and held the family members hostage at gun point.

She told the police that the attackers tortured her husband and kidnapped. The police have registered a case and started investigation.